Combined box and press for pneumatic-tire-repair outfits.



W. M. HOLLIDAY. COMBINED BOX AND PRESS FOR PNEUMATIC TIRE REPAIROUTFITS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4, I9I6.

Patent ed Feb. 18, 1919.

s'rans ran ICE.

WILLIAM. MEREDITH I-IOLLIDAY, OF PENRITH, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA,ASSIGNOR TO ALBERT JACOB BERT, OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

COMBINED BOX AND PRESS FOR PNEUMATIC-TIRE-REPAIR OUTFITS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Application filed March 14, 1918. Serial No. 84,017.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM MEREDITHI-IOLLIDAY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at St.Thomas Rectory, Mulgoa Road Penrith, in the State of New South Tales andCommonwealth of Australia, clerk in Holy Orders, have invented a new anduseful Combined Box and Press for Pneumatic-Tire-Repair Outfits, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has been specially devised in order to provide animproved combined box and press of compact cheap and simple constructionwhich is especially adapted to contain repair outfits for pneumatictires and also to form an efficient press for a repaired portion of saidtires such as a patched tube and thus obviating the necessity ofcarrying a separate press for such purposes.

This improved combined box and press specially suitable for pneumatictire repair outfits comprises a box with a lid disconnected therefromcapable of having its outer face positioned parallel with the outer faceof the bottom of the box adapted to be pressed thereto and secured insuch position by clips or fastenings pivotally connected to said box orto said lid and comprises a box with a lid connected thereto capable ofbeing reversed upon or around its connection until its outer facepositions parallel and close to the outer face of the bottom of the boxand of being pressed towardsaid bottom and being secured in suchposition.

In general the lid is connected to the box by a double hinge whose onecenter of movement is about half way between the top and the bottom ofthe box so that upon the lid being semi-reversed around the outer centerof movement the lid and outer center may be radially moved around saidinner center of movement a half turn and the lid further reversed on itsouter center of movement so that its outer face is parallel with andclose to the bottom of the box. Clips or fastenings on the box may thenbe positioned over the edges of said lid causing the lid to press hardupon anything between said lid and the bottom of the box and to hold thelid in such position exerting pressure as long as may be desired. Bypreference these clips or fastenings take the form of a broad staplewhose limbs are turned in or out parallel with its continuous end toform an inner hinge for said staple which takes over the outer face ofthe lid of the closed box on reversal of the lid and forms a brace fromthe inner hinge over the said reversed lid. Or the clipping or fasteningmay be part of the function of the double hinge made with withdrawablehinge pins allowing the reversal of a hinge piece.

But in order that a practical application of the invention may be easilycarried out this improved box and press as preferably constructed willnow be described with reference tothe accompanying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a box closed; Fig. 2 is a similar viewof ,the same open and Fig. 3 is a similar view with box reversed and thelid semireversed on both hinges or centers of movement while Fig. 4 is asimilar view of the box with the lid completely reversed against thebottom of the box and acting as a press and Fig. 5 is a transversesection of Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views to Figs. 3 and 4showing a modified construction of hinge and fastening.

The box 8 has a lid 9 hinged thereto by the connecting end 10 of a broadwire staple whose turned in limbs 12 take into the box ends near itssides and medially of its depth. The lid 9 is adapted to be locked by astaple wire 13 similarly hinged to the box at the opposite side as thestaple 11 at the ends medially of its depth. And this clip is adapted tolook over small projections 14 on the box when the lid is in closedposition.

In a modified construction fiat hinge pieces 16 are provided for thehinge and for the fastenings and each of these has homing 18 throughwhich and through homings 19 stamped out of or formed upon the box 8passes a pin 20 and through which homings 21 on the lid passes a pin 22but on the hinge side the pins 20 and 22 form part of a staple though onthe fastening side the pin 22 must be removable.

In the construction of box having a disconnected lid it is necessary tohave staples such as 13 pivoted to the box ends or sides or to the lidends or sides medially thereof so that the connecting ends of saidstaples will in upper or lower posit-ion take tightly over the outersurface and the edge of the lid respectively.

In use when it is desired to use a press the lid is reversed over uponthe body until its outer face is opposite the bottom of said box and thematerial 15 say a patched tire placed between said face and said bottomwhen the clip 13 is then turned over and locks the whole together asshown in Figs. 4 and 5 for as long as required.

The reversal of the lid in the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7transforms it into a press similarly as before described and it isfastened by replacement of the removable pin 22.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A combined box and press comprising a lid for the box adapted both tofit the top of the latter in closed position and to be placed in reverseposition beneath the box so as to coact with the bottom wall thereof, toprovide coacting pressing members, between which is placed an article tobe pressed, and means for securing the lid to the box, said means beingmovable to vary the pressure between the members.

2. A combined box and press comprising a lid for the box adapted both tolit the top of the latter in closed position and to be placed in reverseposition beneath the box so as to coact with the bottom wall thereof, toprovide coacting pressing members, between which is placed an article tobe pressed, and means for securing the lid to the box, said means beingmovable to vary the pressure between the members and to force the lidinto snug engagement with the top of the box.

3. A combined box and press comprising a box, a lid for the box, astaple hinge pivotally connecting the lid with the box and beingdisposed so that the lid will snugly fit the top of the box when inclosed position and may be swung into reverse pressingposition beneaththe bottom of the box in par- Copies of this patent may be obtained forallelism therewith and in suitable proximity thereto to accommodate anarticle to be pressed therebetween, and a staple fastener pivoted on thebox and disposed so that it is adapted to span and embrace the lidandsecure it in either position.

A. A combined box and press comprising a box, a lid for the box, a hingemember pivotally connecting the lid with the box and being constructedand arranged so that the lid will snugly fit the top of the box when inclosed position and may be swung into reverse pressing position beneaththe bottom of the box in spaced relation thereto to accommodate anarticle to be pressed therebetween, a staple fastener pivoted on the boxand disposed so that it is adapted to span the lid and secure it ineither position, and projections provided on the lid and situated sothat the fastener will slip over the same with difficulty, therebydrawing the lid into tight engagement with the top of the box andpreventing accidental displacement of the same.

5. A combined box and press comprising a box, a lid for the box havingdepending flanges thereon, means for securing the lid to the box topermit swinging thereof to the bottom of the box and reverse itsrelation thereto so as to coact with the box to provide pressingmembers, and pivoted means carried by the box and movable to engage saidflanges for forcing the lid toward the box.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MEREDITH HOLLIDAY. lVitnesses:

PERCY NEwnLL, I. EASTON.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

